Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.. but here are two other suggestions:
Generate SVG and use inkscape to generate the Postscript (via command line). Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to generate your Postscript. Since you mentioned "small chunks of text" I assume you don't need TeX quality typesetting and I think either of these ideas will save time so you don't have to recreate new techniques. By the way, I am also working on something similar. I am generating math worksheets. My first tool (based on what I found online a few years ago), generates Postscript directly. My second testing program now generates HTML and I use html2ps to convert. I think I will next try one of my ideas above to better format my output. Jeremy C. Reed
